IN THE STREET. CHANNEL 4 "ACTION NEWS" REPORTER BOB HAZEN WITH NEW DETAILS THIS NOON. Reporter: THE VICTIM WAS A 49-YEAR-OLD MAN FROM MONROEVILLE AND FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS POLICE SAY THE VICTIM AND THE POLICE OFFICER WHO HIT HIM PROBABLY NEVER SAW EACH OTHER BEFORE THIS DEADLY CRASH. THIS IS THE SECTION OF MONROEVILLE BOULEVARD WHERE INVESTIGATORS SAY 49-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL BARNES LOST HIS LIFE, HIT BY A MONROEVILLE POLICE OFFICER IN HIS CRUISER. THE EARLY INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE PEDESTRIAN MAY HAVE WANDERED INTO THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC. Reporter: BARNES WAS WALKING ACROSS THE STREET WHICH RUNS PARALLEL TO ROUTE 22 RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, A FEW MINUTES BEFORE 7:30 LAST NIGHT. IT WAS GETTING DARK AND INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE BARNES MAY HAVE BEEN WEARING HEADPHONES WHEN HE STEPPED ON TO THE ROAD AT THE SAME TIME THE OFFICER WAS DRIVING PAST. IT'S POSSIBLE HE MAY HAVE TRIED TO CROSS THE STREET AND NOT HEARD THE VEHICLES COMING. Reporter: MONROEVILLE BOULEVARD DOESN'T GET AS MUCH TRAFFIC AS 22 BUT IT IS BUSY. IT'S FOUR LANES, HAS NO CROSSWALK AND ON THIS STRETCH, NO STREET LIGHTS. THAT MIGHT HAVE MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR THE OFFICER TO SEE BARNES. THERE DIDN'T APPEAR TO BE SKID MARKS IN THE ROAD. BARNES WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BUT DIED A SHORT TIME LATER. ALLEGHENY POLICE INVESTIGATORS WERE CALLED IN TO HANDLE THE SEARCH FOR ANSWERS AND DON'T BELIEVE THE OFFICER WAS SPEEDING. WE HAVE NO INDICATION RIGHT NOW THAT THE OFFICER WAS RESPONDING TO ANY CALLS FOR SERVICE OR WAS IN ANY TYPE OF PURSUIT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THE OFFICER IS ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT'S POLICY. DETECTIVES ARE WAITING ON TESTS TO SHOW WHETHER BARNES HAD